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C. ERLANGER.

OVERALLS.

Patented .July 17, 1888".

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UNITED STATES PATENT EEICEc CHARLES ERLANGER, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

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SPECXFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 386,240, dated July 17,1888.

Application filed April 14, 1888.

To a/ZZ whom it may concern,.- y

Beit known that l, CHARLES ERLANGER, a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Overalls, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to overalls', and has for its object the provisionof a re-enforce covering that part of such garments that is subject togreat wear and tear.

My invention further contemplates utilizing the upper portion of there-enforce piece in the formation of a double-cell pocket, all ashereinafter more particularly described, illustrated in the drawings,andspecifically pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein likeletters of referencepoint out similar parts on each figure, Figure l isa frontview of a pairof overalls embodying myinvention, the re-enforce piece on onesldebeingpartially detached and folded downwardly to show the underlyingconstruction of the garment, parts being broken away. Fig. 2 is asectionalview on the line x x of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isadetached view of theblank re-enforee piece.

ln the drawings, A represents a pair ofoveralls, which, in carrying outmy improvement, are supplied with re-enforces Aupon the front of thelegs thereof, 'extending downwardly over the knee portion andterminating upwardly at or near the waistband, but not attached thereto.The upper edge of the re-enforce may be of any desired shape, but ispreferably formed upwardly, with an inverted curve, a, which forms theplacket of a pocket. The rc-enforce has at its upper part anextensioirtab, a, which is provided with a buttonhole for detachableconnection to a suspenderbutton, whereby the strain on the seams ismaterially reduced, and by which means are provided for detaching thewhole re-enforec from the garment, as hereinafter set forth.

AL is the front part of the leg of the overalls, which leg is connectedto the waistband in the At its upper portion and nnder the waistband isattached a piece of fabric, a, open at the top,which forms one wall ofanordinary pocket, the aligning portion of the leg piece A2 composing theopposite wall thereof.

Serial No. 270,616. (No model.)

The re-enforce A is attached by rows of stitching s s to the leg. I donot confine myselfto any special line of connecting the reen force tothe underlying portion of the leg-piece. It may overlap Vin whole or inpart the ordinary inner leg-seams. So, too, when the leg of the overallsis composed of front and rear pieces, in which case an outer leg-seam isnec essary, said re-enforce may over-lie said outer seam in whole or inpart. At its inner edge it is continuously connected by the stitching s'to the leg-piece, leaving, however, a free button-holed tab, e. At itsopposite edge it is connected to the leg A2 by the stitching` s2, whichextends up to the pocketplacket, as plainly seen in the drawings.

In the drawings the front of the leg Al is shown as extending up to theoblique stitched edge p, disclosing the upper portion of the fab ric@which eomposes the rear wall of a pocket having an opening, Z), (seeFig. 2,) the overlying portion of the leg-piece A2 forming the frontwall of said pocket. The limiting-line of the area ofsaid pocket isdescribed by lines ofstitching, as shown in dotted lines, p, Fig. l.Said layers of fabric are covered over up to a given distance with theoverlying upper portion of the re-enforcc A', which thereby composes theouter layer of an outer pocket, If. llhe reenforce is shown having itsupper -edge cut with an inverted eurve,a, forming the placket ofsaidouter pocket, and preferably provided with suitable fastening device,such as button-hole c. The seam p in this case forms the lowerlimiting-line of said pocketcell. 'lhusit will be seen that, besides thefi|nctional purpose 0i' the re-enforce A', it, in combination with the underlying laminze of fabric, eomposes one wall of a doublecell pocket,either one of which, by suitable connections and elosu res, can beutilized as a safctyvpocket.

The main object of the re-enforce plete A is to strengthen that portionof the garment which is subjected to great wear and tear, especiallywhen worn by miners, mechanics, and laborers. As the re-enforce isconnected to the leg-piece only along its edges, when it becomes worn atthe knee, as it is very apt to be, it can be removed by simply cuttingaway the fabric composing said re-enforce at or near the respectiveseams, or by grasping the tab a ICO Sez/1o and stripping off saidre-enforce, which after the garment is worn away can be readily removedby ripping it from the leg A2 along the original lines of stitching ss2, whereby an underlying portion will be presented for future Wear, asWill plainly be understood.

Havingthus described n1yinventioi1,what I4 olaim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, isf- A pair of overalls provided upon the front ofeach leg with a 'detachable re-enforoe, A, covering the whole uppersurface of each legpiece A2 from side to side, and reaching 'from thewaistband clown to7 over, and beyond the knee portion thereof, said11e-enforce at one side of its upper edge shaped to conform with thepoeketplacket and composing the outer wall of an upper two-cell sidepocket, and having at its side adjacent to the upper part of thefork-opening ofthe garment an upwardly-exr-y tending button-holed tab,a', integral with the fabrie'composing the re-enforee,said reLeuforcesewed atly upon saidleg-front A2 by vertical rows of stitchinga aleavingthe intermediate area of the re-en force loosely overlying thelegpieceA2, whereby said re-enforee is adapted to be detached Withoutseparationof any ofthe connections proper of the garment, substan-ltially as described.

CHARLES ERLANGER.

Viinesses:

MURRAY HANsoN, WILLIAM H. BERRY.

